Bug#166700: ssh2: Debian ssh2 is too old. Should be upgraded or removed.

[Matej Vela <vela@debian.org>]

Michael Toomim <toomim@cory.eecs.berkeley.edu> writes:

> Debian's version of SSH's ssh (called the "ssh2" package for some reason) is
> version 2.0.13-7.  Upstream is at version 3.2.0.
> 
> This is no good. 2.0.13-7 is really buggy, and numerous security flaws have
> been fixed since it came out. It's detrimental to include this package in
> Debian, with its current state. It should either be upgraded to the latest
> upstream, or removed entirely.

Yeah, we're in the process of removing it (Bug#149896).

Thanks,

Matej